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Walden, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Cheektowaga town. It lies in ZIP code area 14225. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo NE quadrangle.

Walden within Erie County

Then and now

1894 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Walden, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Walden, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in Walden

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

1,001 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,001 fires within 5 miles of Walden between 2000 and 2020, burning about 386 acres in total. 168 started naturally. 113 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined562
Natural168
Arson/incendiarism113
Smoking84
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Walden: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Limestone, General, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buffalo Perlite PlantPerlitePlant
Federal Crushed Stone Quarry & MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Williams Gold Refin./ Buffalo, N.Y.GoldUnknown
Federal Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hanna Furnace Corp/ Buffalo, N.Y.IronUnknown
North and South QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Republic Steel/ Buffalo, N.Y.IronUnknown

Every working recorded in Erie County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pine Hill0.7 miles25
Sloan1.4 miles25
Cheektowaga1.7 miles25
Forks1.7 miles25
Doyle2.2 miles25
Cleveland Hill2.3 miles25
Bellevue3.0 miles19
Winchester3.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968660. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.